Temporal and spatial variability of geochemical backgrounds in the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica: Implications for climatic changes and human impacts

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 888-905

  Gasparon, Massimo ^a   Ehrler, Katharina ^b   Matschullat, Jörg ^b   Melles, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

GEOCHEMICAL BACKGROUNDS; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; MARINE SITES; NATURAL VARIABILITY;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORE ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITHOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTARCTICA; BEALL LAKE; CASEY STATION; EAST ANTARCTICA; WINDMILL ISLANDS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 34247561313     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.12.018     Document Type: Article

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